I'm pretty sure THE SECRET WORLD did this exact same thing in their beta, "if you like us on FB we'll give you free items" or something to that extent..and I don't remember anyone caring then either.
I didn't say other companies don't do it. I am just talking about the double standards. You have no idea the hate companies get around here for anything related to facebook.
I didn't say other companies don't do it. I am just talking about the double standards. You have no idea the hate companies get around here for anything related to facebook.
Any recent examples?
Do you need them fed to you? One was already cited...TSW
Originally posted by lathaan what would be bad about it? whats there to discuss?
When did viral marketing become okay?
are you kidding me ?
Companies today are using every social network they can to advertise their products... It's a free advertisment!
Using your fans who have no problem with helping you advertise the game in exchange for some cool stuff in game isn't something bad. I'm not doing it, but whoever does it and has no problems with it, why shouldn't it be okay?
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Originally posted by Bjelar GW2 is L2W ("like" to win)
No...it's P2W
"Play to Win"
Why are some ppl still hating on this obviously popular and fun game? It's not your thing? Move the hell on and troll another game.
How can my little pun be interpreted as hatered?
Oh, I remember now. All posts must start with the phrase "I LOVE GW2, but....."
So here we go...
I LOVE GW2, but it is L2W.
I dunno...maybe cause where you posted it and had no other way to take than the usual troll garbage.
Pun? Srsly?
You still think it's "L2W". Lame at it's best. Troll at it's worst. The many...MANY people playing it now are not L2W. We are...just playing the damned game cause it's fun. It has it's bad side like all others. Just don't get all the L2W/P2W crap...not funny, just more trolling crap from the minorities.
TSW had a whole facebook game and such, and it was such a fail system, and funked up, and eventually it worked, but if you used your real facebook account you ruined it by friending TSW players..etc..etc. That was just a hell of a mess.
Alternatively it can be used like a Raptr or Steam number of player chart which is always fun. Games like Age of Wushu try the like us on facebook thing and can only garner 8500 likes... I find it's one of many metrics to judge a game.
Drop the next-gen marketing and people will argue if the game itself has merit.
Surprised this isn't already grounds for a discussion point. What are people's views on game companies offering in game rewards for helping advertise their products out of the game?
Not been to business school I presume?
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Originally posted by Bjelar GW2 is L2W ("like" to win)
Heh... nicely played.
Edit: Just noticed people taking this as a negative... I took it as a positive, but that could be the shiny happy fanboy in me smiling at the clever word play.
Surprised this isn't already grounds for a discussion point. What are people's views on game companies offering in game rewards for helping advertise their products out of the game?
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY IS BLUE?
Seriously, is this your first time on the internet? Companies have been doing this since the dawn of facebook. FFS my local news channel panders the whole "Like, Comment, Subscribe" bile after every airing.
Surprised this isn't already grounds for a discussion point. What are people's views on game companies offering in game rewards for helping advertise their products out of the game?
Surprised this isn't already grounds for a discussion point. What are people's views on game companies offering in game rewards for helping advertise their products out of the game?
It is a non-issue.
Thanks for creating a mountain out of an Anthill.
This is more like looking at the anthill through a magnifying glass and imagining it's a mountain. You know, with little ant mountain climbers driving little ant pitons into the little anthill and throwing little ant ropes to each other and yodeling and I think I got carried away, beware of avalanches.
It is simple, if it is a game you like, then it is ok. If it is a game you don't like then its not ok. Them be the mmorpg forum pvp rules. We had a meeting and agreed on the rules, weren't you there?
I am just amazed. It is a facebook campaign. If you hate GW2 that much that you need to attack something this STUPID, they must be doing something right. I mean, just about every company does some little face book thing sooner or later, and this is the first time I have seen someone attack. Seriously, post a link if I am wrong.
I think this says something about the game when people need to grasp at straws. Such strong emotions.. just WOW.
. . . . . OP I got to ask did you just now start using face book, im not trying to be insulting here but this has happened with almost everygame out there, heck its going on with pretty much anything you can name, companies have been handing out rewards for like them on facebook sence the damn thing got popular,
just off the top of my head my ra soloar eclipse skin for smite,
and my face palm emote for CoH, both I got from facebook, and there are dozens of other things I have gotten from facebook as well, heck there are tons of things I have seen and just ignored.
F2P may be the way of the future, but ya know they dont make them like they used to Proper Grammer & spelling are extra, corrections will be LOL at.
Surprised this isn't already grounds for a discussion point. What are people's views on game companies offering in game rewards for helping advertise their products out of the game?
My local news channel is giving away a free vacation.
Real Life rewards > in game rewards
Just have to poke the sleeping bear though: I originally thought that the magic find increase might be construed as out of line, but isn't GW2 just another cash shop game? Not surprised to see any of that.
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What's viral about this? This amounts to no more than rewarding fans. What are you smoking?
No...it's P2W
"Play to Win"
Why are some ppl still hating on this obviously popular and fun game? It's not your thing? Move the hell on and troll another game.
Any recent examples?
Do you need them fed to you? One was already cited...TSW
are you kidding me ?
Companies today are using every social network they can to advertise their products... It's a free advertisment!
Using your fans who have no problem with helping you advertise the game in exchange for some cool stuff in game isn't something bad. I'm not doing it, but whoever does it and has no problems with it, why shouldn't it be okay?
"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."
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How can my little pun be interpreted as hatered?
Oh, I remember now. All posts must start with the phrase "I LOVE GW2, but....."
So here we go...
I LOVE GW2, but it is L2W.
I dunno...maybe cause where you posted it and had no other way to take than the usual troll garbage.
Pun? Srsly?
You still think it's "L2W". Lame at it's best. Troll at it's worst. The many...MANY people playing it now are not L2W. We are...just playing the damned game cause it's fun. It has it's bad side like all others. Just don't get all the L2W/P2W crap...not funny, just more trolling crap from the minorities.
TSW had a whole facebook game and such, and it was such a fail system, and funked up, and eventually it worked, but if you used your real facebook account you ruined it by friending TSW players..etc..etc. That was just a hell of a mess.
Alternatively it can be used like a Raptr or Steam number of player chart which is always fun. Games like Age of Wushu try the like us on facebook thing and can only garner 8500 likes... I find it's one of many metrics to judge a game.
Drop the next-gen marketing and people will argue if the game itself has merit.
Not been to business school I presume?
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Heh... nicely played.
Edit: Just noticed people taking this as a negative... I took it as a positive, but that could be the shiny happy fanboy in me smiling at the clever word play.
Oderint, dum metuant.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SKY IS BLUE?
Seriously, is this your first time on the internet? Companies have been doing this since the dawn of facebook. FFS my local news channel panders the whole "Like, Comment, Subscribe" bile after every airing.
Clearly the OP is grasping at straws.
It is a non-issue.
Thanks for creating a mountain out of an Anthill.
This is more like looking at the anthill through a magnifying glass and imagining it's a mountain. You know, with little ant mountain climbers driving little ant pitons into the little anthill and throwing little ant ropes to each other and yodeling and I think I got carried away, beware of avalanches.
Oderint, dum metuant.
I am just amazed. It is a facebook campaign. If you hate GW2 that much that you need to attack something this STUPID, they must be doing something right. I mean, just about every company does some little face book thing sooner or later, and this is the first time I have seen someone attack. Seriously, post a link if I am wrong.
I think this says something about the game when people need to grasp at straws. Such strong emotions.. just WOW.
Uh, the MMORPG genre has always fed off of word of mouth advertising. What is so different about this?
For every minute you are angry , you lose 60 seconds of happiness."-Emerson
. . . . . OP I got to ask did you just now start using face book, im not trying to be insulting here but this has happened with almost everygame out there, heck its going on with pretty much anything you can name, companies have been handing out rewards for like them on facebook sence the damn thing got popular,
just off the top of my head my ra soloar eclipse skin for smite,
and my face palm emote for CoH, both I got from facebook, and there are dozens of other things I have gotten from facebook as well, heck there are tons of things I have seen and just ignored.
F2P may be the way of the future, but ya know they dont make them like they used to
Proper Grammer & spelling are extra, corrections will be LOL at.
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nah ust harassing of a person who got on the internet for the first time ever, kinda like a welcomeing party but with les beer and sex.
F2P may be the way of the future, but ya know they dont make them like they used to
Proper Grammer & spelling are extra, corrections will be LOL at.
My local news channel is giving away a free vacation.
Real Life rewards > in game rewards
Just have to poke the sleeping bear though: I originally thought that the magic find increase might be construed as out of line, but isn't GW2 just another cash shop game? Not surprised to see any of that.